The average cost of a MQ-9 drone is about $30 million. The Reaper — which first began operating in 2007 — costs about $3,500 per flight hour, according to its maker, General Atomics. 3.

U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons The MQ-9 Reaper is one of the world's ...

T he GA-ASI MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is the first hunter-killer UAV designed to complete both high-altitude surveillance and precision strikes.

One of the most reliable unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) operated by the U.S. military is the MQ-9 Reaper. Reapers are fast, reaching speeds of 230 mph, and they share many similarities with the ...

BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 16.​ Iran’s air defense forces have shot down an Israeli military drone, the US-manufactured MQ-9 ...

Threats to medium-altitude drones like the MQ-9 Reaper are growing. These types of drones are suffering mounting losses in wars from Ukraine to Yemen. These persistent and armed eyes in the sky ...

The US Marine Corps has equipped its MQ-9 Reaper drones with a new electronic warfare pod. The pod "can mimic things that are sent to it," Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Eric Smith said.

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) and Saab announced a partnership to equip the MQ-9B Reaper unmanned aerial ...

Several U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drones have been orbiting over Gaza amid Israeli strikes and military activity there, U.S. officials and a source have told Reuters, and the flights are part of an effort ...

The Reaper Is More and More Vulnerable. The MQ-9 Reaper has increasingly fallen behind newer drone variants, however—and grown more susceptible to anti-air efforts from the ground. Most notably ...